Oprah Winfrey received the 2009 Klingenstein Leadership Award from The Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership, at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Winfrey, a global media leader and international philanthropist, was honored for her commitment to improving lives through education.

The Klingenstein Award is given annually to an individual who has influenced the lives of independent school administrators, teachers, parents or students in enduring ways.

The selection committee chose Winfrey for her accomplishments in furthering education through the creation of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – South Africa,

an independent school with a mission to nurture leadership among gifted 7th through 12th grade girls from impoverished backgrounds, for her on-going commitment to education through the philanthropic organizations she has founded,

and for her promotion of reading through Oprah’s Book Club.

Through her personal foundation, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, she has awarded hundreds of grants to organizations that support the education and empowerment of women,

children and families in the United States and throughout the world as well as establishing “The Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program,” an international scholarship program for students determined to use their education to give back to their communities.

Her public charity, Oprah’s Angel Network, has helped establish 60 schools in 13 countries, create scholarships, and launch “O Ambassadors”—a school-based program that encourages young people in North America to become active global citizens.

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